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Are bovine male and female twins fertile?
Bull calves are always fertile in this twinning, but 9 times out of 10 the heifer calf isn't. She turns out to be what is called a Freemartin or a Hermaphrodite.
What is free Martin in cows?
A free-martin is a sterile female bovine who is a twin to a male bovine, sterilized in the womb by the hormones from the male. This occurs over ninety percent of the time when a mixed set of bovine twins is born. The occurrence of twins in cattle is less than 1 percent.
When twins are born one male and female are both fertile?
Yes
What is a male type of cattle?
A bull is an intact (non-neutered) male bovine, and a steer or bullock is a castrated male bovine.
What is a steer and an ox?
A steer is a castrated male bovine (or bull) that is raised for meat. An ox is a castrated male bovine (can also be female too) that is trained and used for pulling carts, wagons, plows, etc.
Castrated male bovine?
"Bovine" refers to cows in general. A male cow which has been castrated is called an ox. The plural of ox is oxen.
What is castrated male bovine called?
Bullock.
What are the 4 terms for the genders or altered states of the gender for cattle?
Cow: mature female bovine that has had at least two calves Bull: mature intact male bovine Heifer: immature female bovine that has never had a calf Steer: castrated/altered male bovine Spayed heifer: altered female bovine
Do you have to have a male and a female to have a fertile egg?
you don't need a male to have a fertile egg... the female body needs to be healthy and fertile to make a child which that part does take a male
What is the scientific name of steer?
A steer is a male uncastrated bovine. They have the same scientific name as a heifer or a cow or a bull, a bovine.
Do bovine and steers have utters?
"Bovine" refers to cattle in general. A cow is a female bovine that has reproduced or had a calf which is a baby bovine. A cow does have an udder because she has to feed her calf. Also a heifer has an udder; a heifer is a two-year old female bovine that has not yet produced a calf. After she produces her first calf she is then considered a cow. Cows and heifers are the only bovine with an udder. Steers are male bovine that have been castrated or have had their testicles cut off, so they cannot reproduce. Bulls are male bovine that are used in reproduction.
What is the opposite gender of ox?
An ox is a neutered male bovine. The opposite gender to an ox is a female bovine, commonly known as a cow.
